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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate eats barbecue during his campaign event at Smokey Joe's BBQ (The Dallas Morning News/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Images)

Why the GOP needs a 'secret vegan'

Ashlie D. Stevens

Trump and Paxton have turned a false claim about his diet into a masculinity test. Why does eating meat matter?

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Oct. 13, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's QAnon hire shows his desperation

Amanda Marcotte

Like presidential aide Natalie Harp, Katie Zacharia treats Trump less like a boss and more like a savior

President Donald Trump departs after delivering remarks at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence on Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, New York. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

The biggest Republican lie

Kirk Swearingen

For 50 years, the GOP has told Americans they are better on the economy. That was never true

A United States Postal Service mail collection box is seen on a street in New York City, United States, on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Officials urge get ballots in pronto

Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat

Belt-tightening mail delivery measures could lead to more ballots being rejected

Pope Leo XIV meets media representatives in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on May 12, 2025. (Maria Grazia Picciarella/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with cancer

Troy Farah

It follows the first major medical procedure of the pope’s tenure

“Desire Lines: A Memoir” by Kristen Millares Young (Illustration by Salon / Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Chona Kasinger / Anna Madruga of Ren Hen Press)

What remains after everything changes

Kristen Millares Young

An excerpt from Kristen Millares Young’s "Desire Lines" on marriage, motherhood and renewal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill in Athens, Greece, flanked by the Parthenon atop the Acropolis on Oct. 7, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA's classical cover story

Curtis Dozier

The Trump administration keeps borrowing ancient prestige to make its brutality look noble

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes the stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention on Sept. 10, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Who really controls Greg Abbott?

Amanda Marcotte

The Texas governor’s war on public schools is bankrolled by donors who want a Christian state

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen as Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen looks on after signing a security deal at the U.N. in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

America’s final annexation

Mark Kawar

The country's approach to territorial expansion has changed since it acquired the Northern Mariana Islands in 1986

Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke chats with constituents at the Gays Mills Apple Festival in Gays Mills, Wisconsin, on September 27, 2026. Cooke is running against Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. (Jenn Ackerman for The 19th)

Online politics get weird in Wisconsin

Grace Panetta - The 19th

Rebecca Cooke is taking her campaign directly to rural Wisconsin communities, all while an AI-fueled online fight w

Cherry blossoms are a familiar feature of the nation's capital. The administration ordered the removal of hundreds of trees in order to revamp a free golf course into an upscale luxury golf club. (J. David Ake / Getty Images)

Judge scolds Trump DOJ over tree removal

CK Smith

After 430 trees are cut down for a new golf course, a federal judge says the government has lost its credibility

Actress Selma Blair is most known for his roles in "Cruel Intentions" and "Legally Blonde". But she also has new arrest charges for disturbing a flight once again. (Michael Tullberg / Getty Images)

Blair arrested for biting flight crew

CK Smith

The “Cruel Intentions” actress was arrested after an alleged midair assault. Her rep cites a medical emergency

Kelly Clarkson performing as part of her Las Vegas residency in 2025. (Denise Truscello / Getty Images)

Behind these hazel eyes: A $15K bird

CK Smith

In viral post, Clarkson says Brooklyn shop gave her the “Pretty Woman” treatment. The store tells a different story

Rwo. OmE (Adam Bettcher / Getty Images)

Feds search Ilhan Omar's D.C. home

CK Smith

DOJ confirms a criminal investigation into the Minnesota Democrat weeks before the midterms

Julianne Moore in "The Debut" (Matt Infante/A24)

In "The Debut," midlife is a new start

Coleman Spilde

Julianne Moore’s character in this A24 comedy finds a new passion, and herself, on the local stage

The best part of soup is on top (Ashlie Stevens )

Your soup needs a little drama

Ashlie D. Stevens

Puff pastry dots, herby sauce and the crunchy little extras that make all the difference

Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump looks on outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Trump held a meeting on super intelligence earlier with tech CEOs in the East Room. (Tierney L. Cross/Pool/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Billionaires love Trump’s AI rebrand

Troy Farah

Trump and his tech bros want to turn us all into video game wallpaper

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Is Susan Collins a "Teflon" candidate?

Grace Panetta - The 19th

They’re hoping abortion rights will persuade Democratic women to stick with their party and back Troy Jackson

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin disregarded the severity of Secretary Hegseth's idea of a public military execution. The proposal is facing bipartisan pushback. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Mullin shrugs off execution concerns

CK Smith

DHS chief dismisses concerns about live-streaming a military execution as lawmakers warn of martyrdom and morality

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) met with leaders from Lativa, Finland, Estonia, Norway, Lithuania, and Denmark in Kyiv in August 2026 as a gathering of the Nordic-Baltic Eight, ahead of Ukraine's 35th anniversary of Independence from Russia. (Yan Dobronosov / Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images)

Zelenskyy rallies allies as Putin stalls

CK Smith

Ukraine welcomes Trump's truce announcement, builds allied support and asks whether Moscow will stop its attacks

Jeremy Strong in Columbia Pictures' "The Social Reckoning" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

The journalism thriller isn't dead (yet)

Coleman Spilde

Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" semi-sequel takes on much more than Facebook

Colin Jost, playing Pete Hegseth, addressed rumors about military executions, Nazi imagery and other recent controversies. (Will Heath / NBC)

SNL: "Public executions are back"

CK Smith

The cast took aim at Hegseth's public executions and Nazi imagery and with Trump's Nobel Peace Prize complaints

McDonald's drive-thru (Charles-McClintock Wilson/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The real stakes of the AI drive-thru

Ashlie D. Stevens

As McDonald's automates and Chick-fil-A sticks with people, hospitality is up for grabs

Thousands of students protest in Nantes, France, on Oct. 9, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

France is on fire. Fox News freaks out

Andrew O'Hehir

A mass uprising against neoliberal budget cuts captures the world's attention — and fuels right-wing paranoia

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